Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 2 | It was full of pieces of paper , which he dropped behind him for the other boys to follow . |
| 3 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
| 4 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 5 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 6 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 7 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 8 | Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside , it was night and the journey was a dangerous one . |
| 9 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 10 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 11 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 12 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 13 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
| 14 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 15 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |
| 16 | She stared at him for a further moment , then meekly she obeyed and he smiled . |
| 17 | Alec stared at him for a few seconds , then walked out into the heat and glare of the mid-day sun . |
| 18 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 19 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 20 | Bert looked at him for a full half minute . |
| 21 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 22 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
| 23 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 24 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 25 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 26 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 27 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |